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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
243 PM CDT Wed May 15 2024
TXZ024-160915-
Caprock RAWS-Briscoe TX
34.41N 101.05W Elev. 2561 ft
243 PM CDT Wed May 15 2024
Date 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 58 72 56 80 59
Temp 89 76 65 62 60 59 63 68 71 66 61 59 58 57 64 72 78 79 68 64 62 60
Dewpt 52 56 60 59 59 59 60 61 61 60 60 59 58 57 59 58 56 54 56 55 53 52
RH 28 51 86 90 95 98 90 78 72 80 99 99 98 99 83 62 46 42 64 72 73 76
Wind dir S NE E N N N NE NE NE NE NE NW NW NW NW N NW S S S SW SW
Wind spd 11 10 8 5 5 6 8 9 9 8 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6
Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr 70 80 70 10 0
QPF 12hr 0.24 0.14 0.16 0 0
Rain shwrs C L L L L C C L D L L S S
Tstms C L C L C C C C L L L S S
LAL 4 3 3 4 4 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 5 4 3 3 3 3 5 6 6 6
Mix Hgt 700 1300 2400 2700 2000 900 4100 7300 4200 500
T Wind Dir NE NE NE NE NE NW NW W S SW
T Wind Spd 13 11 13 12 8 10 9 10 11 13
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/18 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 93 61 96 71 100 68 92 64 91
Temp 87 90 69 62 88 93 76 72 94 97 78 69 88 90 71 65 85 87
Dewpt 51 52 56 57 57 50 50 50 49 44 41 41 42 40 40 39 47 48
Min/Max RH 23 82 21 45 15 36 16 39 24
RH 29 27 64 82 35 23 40 45 22 16 27 36 20 17 33 39 27 26
PWind dir S SE S S SW SW W SW SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
$$
TXZ026-160915-
Childress-Childress TX
34.43N 100.28W Elev. 1952 ft
243 PM CDT Wed May 15 2024
Date 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 59 74 57 80 59
Temp 89 81 69 66 62 61 65 70 72 69 63 62 59 58 65 73 78 79 69 66 61 60
Dewpt 54 55 60 61 61 61 61 62 62 62 63 62 59 58 61 60 59 57 60 59 60 59
RH 30 41 73 84 97100 87 76 71 78100100100100 87 64 52 47 73 78 97 96
Wind dir S NE N NE NE NE E E NE E NE N N NW NW NW NW SW S S S SW
Wind spd 13 11 9 8 6 6 8 9 10 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5
Clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr 70 70 70 10 0
QPF 12hr 0.44 0.36 0.29 0 0
Rain shwrs C L L L L C C L L L L S S
Tstms C L C L C C C C L L L S S
LAL 4 3 3 4 4 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 4 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 6
Mix Hgt 400 400 2700 3000 1500 700 4500 6600 3100 400
T Wind Dir NE NE E NE NE NW NW W S SW
T Wind Spd 16 13 14 14 8 8 8 11 12 12
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/18 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 91 62 96 69 100 68 94 63 92
Temp 86 89 70 63 88 93 77 70 94 96 78 69 90 91 73 64 87 88
Dewpt 57 57 63 63 62 55 59 57 58 55 55 53 48 46 51 47 52 52
Min/Max RH 31 100 27 64 23 59 19 55 27
RH 37 34 78100 42 28 54 63 30 25 45 57 24 21 46 54 30 29
PWind dir S SE S S SW SW W S SE
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 5 5
$$
TXZ043-160915-
Jayton RAWS-Kent TX
33.23N 100.57W Elev. 1905 ft
243 PM CDT Wed May 15 2024
Date 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 60 74 57 82 59
Temp 91 87 73 67 62 61 68 71 72 69 63 61 59 58 67 75 80 81 69 65 61 60
Dewpt 49 51 54 59 60 60 61 64 65 63 63 61 59 58 61 60 59 57 59 59 58 57
RH 24 29 52 75 93 97 79 78 78 80100100100100 80 60 48 44 69 81 88 91
Wind dir S S E NE NE NE E E NE NE N N NW NW NW NW NW NW SE S S SW
Wind spd 16 12 10 8 5 5 6 8 9 9 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Clouds B1 SC SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr 50 80 70 10 0
QPF 12hr 0.03 0.28 0.30 0 0
Rain shwrs S C C C C C C L D L L S S
Tstms S C C C C C C L L L L S S
LAL 3 3 3 4 4 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 4 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 6
Mix Hgt 600 800 2600 2500 1300 900 4700 5900 2700 500
T Wind Dir SE NE E NE N NW NW W S SW
T Wind Spd 18 10 12 11 10 4 8 10 11 11
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/18 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 96 63 100 71 102 72 97 66 94
Temp 89 93 70 64 92 95 78 72 95 98 80 72 93 94 73 67 89 89
Dewpt 57 54 58 57 62 56 56 58 61 54 58 58 46 48 50 51 55 53
Min/Max RH 24 78 23 62 21 62 18 57 27
RH 34 27 65 77 37 27 48 62 32 23 46 61 20 21 44 56 31 29
PWind dir SW SE S S SW S W S S
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 10
$$
TXZ035-160915-
Lubbock-Lubbock TX
33.67N 101.82W Elev. 3280 ft
243 PM CDT Wed May 15 2024
Date 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 58 72 55 81 58
Temp 90 83 70 66 61 59 64 69 71 66 61 59 57 56 64 73 79 80 70 65 61 59
Dewpt 48 47 54 57 57 57 58 60 60 58 58 57 56 55 57 56 53 50 51 51 50 47
RH 24 28 57 73 87 93 81 73 68 75 90 93 96 96 78 55 41 35 51 60 67 64
Wind dir S S E E E NE E NE NE NW N N NW NW N NW W W S S S SW
Wind spd 16 13 13 11 10 9 10 11 12 11 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
Clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr 50 80 60 10 0
QPF 12hr 0.04 0.17 0.11 0 0
Rain shwrs C C C C C S C L D L L
Tstms C C C C C S C C L L L
LAL 3 3 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 4 4 3 2 2 4 4 5 5
Mix Hgt 900 900 2800 3000 1200 700 4800 6800 4600 500
T Wind Dir E E NE NE N NW NW W S SW
T Wind Spd 19 16 17 14 10 8 9 10 12 13
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/18 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 95 62 97 68 100 66 94 63 93
Temp 89 92 70 63 91 93 77 68 94 96 77 66 89 91 73 64 87 88
Dewpt 47 42 49 49 51 41 47 50 45 36 40 42 37 31 34 40 43 41
Min/Max RH 15 61 15 52 11 42 11 41 18
RH 23 18 47 60 26 16 35 52 19 12 26 42 16 12 24 41 21 19
PWind dir W SE SW S SW SW W SW SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
$$
TXZ031-160915-
Matador RAWS-Cottle TX
34.13N 100.42W Elev. 1900 ft
243 PM CDT Wed May 15 2024
Date 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 60 76 57 82 59
Temp 92 85 70 65 62 60 66 71 72 70 63 62 59 58 67 74 80 81 70 66 61 60
Dewpt 52 54 60 62 62 60 63 63 63 62 63 62 59 58 62 61 59 58 60 61 59 57
RH 27 35 70 90100100 90 77 72 76100100100100 85 64 50 47 71 83 94 92
Wind dir S SE NE N NE N E E NE E NE NW NW NW NW NW NW SW S S S SW
Wind spd 13 11 8 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
Clouds B1 B2 B2 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 70 70 70 10 0
QPF 12hr 0.16 0.19 0.28 0 0
Rain shwrs C L L C L C C L L L L S S
Tstms C L C C C C C C L L L S S
LAL 3 3 3 4 4 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 6 4 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 6
Mix Hgt 700 1000 2900 3400 1800 1000 4600 6200 3100 600
T Wind Dir NE NE E NE NE NW NW W S SW
T Wind Spd 16 12 13 16 6 6 9 11 12 13
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/18 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 94 62 98 70 102 70 96 64 94
Temp 89 92 70 63 90 94 77 71 96 99 78 70 91 93 73 65 88 89
Dewpt 57 56 63 62 63 56 58 57 58 54 55 54 47 47 50 44 52 54
Min/Max RH 28 99 26 61 21 59 19 47 27
RH 35 31 79 98 41 28 53 61 29 23 45 57 22 21 45 46 30 31
PWind dir S SE S S SW SW W S SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
$$
TXZ029-160915-
Plainview-Hale TX
34.18N 101.71W Elev. 3372 ft
243 PM CDT Wed May 15 2024
Date 05/15/24 Thu 05/16/24 Fri 05/17/24 Sat
CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
Min/Max 54 71 51 78 53
Temp 88 78 63 59 56 55 61 66 67 63 57 56 54 52 61 70 76 77 64 60 55 54
Dewpt 47 51 57 57 56 55 58 59 59 58 57 56 54 52 57 55 52 50 53 52 50 47
RH 24 39 81 93100100 90 78 75 84100100100100 87 59 43 39 67 75 83 77
Wind dir S S E NE NE NE E NE NE NE NE N NW NW NW NW W W S S SW SW
Wind spd 11 10 9 8 6 8 9 10 10 9 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Clouds B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 OV B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr 60 80 70 10 0
QPF 12hr 0.26 0.12 0.16 0 0
Rain shwrs C L C C C C C L D L L S S
Tstms C C C C C C C C L L L S S
LAL 3 3 3 4 4 2 1 1 1 1
Haines 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 5 5 5
Mix Hgt 900 1200 2800 2900 2300 700 4400 7500 4600 500
T Wind Dir E NE NE NE NE NW NW W SW SW
T Wind Spd 19 17 17 13 10 10 10 10 12 16
RFTI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RFTI Category NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Date 05/18 Sun 05/19/24 Mon 05/20/24 Tue 05/21/24 Wed 05/22/24
CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Max/Min 91 56 94 63 97 61 90 58 89
Temp 86 88 65 57 87 91 72 64 92 94 73 62 85 87 66 59 84 84
Dewpt 47 44 52 52 51 42 46 47 43 38 38 38 38 35 36 37 44 41
Min/Max RH 18 85 17 54 13 41 15 44 20
RH 26 22 63 83 29 18 39 54 18 14 28 41 19 16 33 44 25 22
PWind dir W SE S S SW SW W S SW
Wind char <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Avg clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
$$
Below is a weather element key for this product
Day 1 through 3...
Max/Min Temp or Min/Max Temp(F).....Maximum/Minimum Air Temperature
Temp(F).............................Air Temperature
Dewpt(F)............................Dew Point Temperature
Min/Max RH or Max/Min RH(%).........Maximum/Minimum Humidity
RH(%)...............................Relative Humidity
Wind Dir(8 point compass)...........20 ft. Wind Direction
Wind Dir Deg(degrees)...............20 ft. Wind Direction in Tens of Degrees
Relative to Due North.
Example: 09 = 90 Degrees = East; 18 = 180 Degrees = South;
27 = 270 Degrees = West; 36 = 360 Degrees = North
Wind Spd(MPH).......................20 ft. Wind Speed
Wind Chill..........................Wind Chill Temperature
Heat Index..........................Heat Index
Clouds(CAT).........................Cloud Cover Category
Example: CL = Clear; FW = Few; SC = Scattered;
B1 = Mostly Cloudy; B2 = Considerable Clouds; OV = Overcast
PoP 12Hr(%).........................Probability of Measurable Precipitation
QPF 12Hr(in)........................Liquid Equivalent Precipitation Amount
Weather...
Type...
Rain...........Rain
Rain SHWRS.....Rain Showers
TSTMS..........Thunderstorms
Drizzle........Drizzle
Snow...........Snow
SnowSHWRS......Snow Showers
Sleet..........Sleet
Flurries.......Flurries
FRZG Rain......Freezing Rain
FRZG DRZL......Freezing Drizzle
Coverage...
S..............Slight Chance
C..............Chance
L..............Likely
O..............Occasional
D..............Definite
AR.............Areas
PA.............Patchy
OBVIS...............................Obstruction to Visibility
TYPE...
F..............Fog
PF.............Patchy Fog
F+.............Dense Fog
H..............Haze
BS.............Blowing Snow
K..............Smoke
BD.............Blowing Dust
AF.............Volcanic Ashfall
LAL(CAT)............................Lightning Activity Level
Mix Hgt(feet AGL)...................Mixing Height
T Wind Dir(8 point compass).........Transport Wind Direction
T Wind Spd(MPH).....................Transport Wind Speed
RFTI................................Red Flag Threat Index
0...........NIL
1-2.........Elevated
3-4.........Critical - Low
5-6.........Critical - High
7-8.........Extreme
9-10........Historic
RFTI Category.......................
NO..........NIL
EL..........Elevated
CL..........Critical - Low
CH..........Critical - High
EX..........Extreme
HS..........Historic
Watch/Warning/Advisory...
Example: W = Warning; Y = Advisory; A = Watch
in effect for the indicated hour
Day 4 through 7...
Max/Min Temp or Min/Max Temp(F).....Maximum/Minimum Air Temperature
Temp(F).............................Air Temperature
Dwpt................................Dew Point Temperature
Min/Max RH or Max/Min RH(%).........Maximum/Minimum Humidity
RH(%)...............................Relative Humidity
PWind Dir(8 point compass)..........20 ft. Primary Wind Direction
Wind Spd(MPH).......................20 ft Wind Speed
Example: <15 = Less than 15 MPH; 15> = 15 MPH or greater
Avg Clouds(CAT).....................Average Cloud Cover Category
PoP 12Hr(%).........................Probability for Accumulating Precipitation
Weather...
See Day 1 through 3 Weather Descriptions